ANOMALOPTERYX PARVUS (OWEN.)

_Dinornis parvus_ Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. XI, pp. 233-256, pls. LI-LVII

(1883).

_Anomalopteryx didiformis_ Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIV, p. 123

(1892), part.

_A. parva_ Lydekker, t.c., p. 278.

This small form is confined to the Middle Island. The type, a skeleton in

almost complete condition, was dug up in a cave at Takaka, near Nelson, and

is now in the British Museum. A much less perfect skeleton is in my museum

at Tring.

Habitat: Middle Island, New Zealand.

Extinct birds · 第 279 / 409 题